Vicki Conley

PO Box 437, Ruidoso Downs, NM 88346 - 575-937-0873 or 575-937-1010 vickiconley55@gmail.com

May
23
to Sep 1

Quilt National 2025

Flying - 75 x 92 - 2024

My piece Flying is loosely inspired by flying flamingos.

For over four decades, Quilt National has showcased the best in contemporary quiltmaking, pushing the boundaries of tradition while celebrating creativity, technical mastery, and artistic expression. This year, jurors Ellen Blalock, LUKE Haynes, and Martha Sielman selected 84 quilts that represent a bold and diverse array of styles and themes.

Featuring 27 first-time exhibitors alongside returning artists, Quilt National ’25 highlights fresh perspectives and new voices in the quilting world. From exploring social themes to experimenting with materials and textures, these works reflect the ever-evolving nature of this vibrant art form.

For more on the history on Quilt National, visit Quilt National Archive and History here.

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Sep
28
1:00 PM13:00

SAQA Presents Camouflage

Dog Gone 42 x 43 2023

My piece Dog Gone was an exercise of manipulating a photo with apps and then digitally cutting the shapes using a digital cutter. It is fun to watch people wonder at what the pointillism image that resulted is when viewing up close. All you have to do is to stand back and the dog appears.

Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum, Tucson

This exhibition celebrates the wonder of wildlife and the artistry of concealment.  Discover how talented artists bring the fascinating survival strategies of animals to life.  Through vibrant patterns, textures, and colors, each piece reveals a story of adaptation, survival, and self-expression. 

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Sep
23
to Feb 19

California National Parks: Stories of Water

The Wildling Museum of Art and Nature is pleased to present its third juried exhibition showcasing California’s nine national parks this fall. California National Parks: Stories of Water will feature 37 artists and 39 selected artworks juried from a pool of more than 240 submissions by artists across the U.S., competing for $4,000 in awards. The public is invited to attend an opening reception and awards ceremony at the Wildling on Sunday, September 24, 2023 from 3 - 5 p.m.

The exhibition explores various impacts of water – and its lack – in California’s national parks through a wide range of media and techniques, from acrylic, oil, and watercolor paintings, to photography, mixed media, and textile art.

The Wildling Museum is grateful to juror Nathan Vonk, owner of Sullivan Goss – An American Gallery, located in Santa Barbara, for judging the impressive number of entries. Works featured in the exhibition are available for sale with 40 percent of proceeds benefitting the Wildling Museum.

Questions? Contact info@wildlingmuseum.org or call (805) 686-8315.

Generous support for California National Parks: Stories of Water provided by exhibition sponsors The Robert and Mercedes Eichholz Foundation, Pete & Becky Adams, Penny & Joseph Knowles, George & Denise Rose, Margaret Weiss, and donors to the Patti Jacquemain Exhibition Fund.

Golden Canyon

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May
6
to Jul 30

Life in the Mountain West - Pacific Northwest Quilt and Fiber Arts Museum

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This two person show features the work of both Shannon Conley and Vicki Conley. Shannon will be showing some of her 3D artwork while Vicki will be showing her national park inspired quilts.

There will be an opening reception on May 6th, 3-5pm.

703 S Second St, La Conner, WA 98257

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4 Common Corners Presents: Extremes in the Southwest
Nov
15
to Jan 13

4 Common Corners Presents: Extremes in the Southwest

4 Common Corners

Presents Extremes in the Southwest

A the West Valley Art Museum, Peoria, Arizona, November 15, 2021 - January 13, 2022

Fiber artists from the 4 Corners Area have come together to interpret different themes. Each artist's own point of view is showcased in Fractures and Fissures, Heat, Bright Sky Dark Sky , and Whimsy.


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Life in the Mountain West at Tubac Center for the Arts
Aug
13
to Sep 24

Life in the Mountain West at Tubac Center for the Arts

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https://tubacarts.org/ ONLINE Exhibition https://tubacarts.org/project/life-in-the-mountain-west/

Life in the Mountain West is an exhibit of art quilts created by mother-daughter pair Vicki and Shannon Conley.  Vicki and Shannon are fiber artists from Ruidoso Downs, New Mexico.  Their work has a strong sense of place; it is inspired by the outdoors and highlights the vast natural beauty of the mountain west. They strive, through the work featured in this exhibition, to draw attention to the need to protect and conserve native ecosystems both for the well-being of our global environment and for the enjoyment of future generations.  This need for conservation can be a challenge in the face of the somewhat paradoxical increased human activity that often accompanies designation as a protected area such as a National Park, as well as the diverse land use needs of our society. This exhibition brings together two artists with divergent styles but common inspirations and themes and is a joyous expression of the beauty and emotion they find in exploring the mountain west.

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